An unrealistic teen fantasy, it was too perfect and utterly boring. Also slightly creepy, a 27 year old and an 18 year old.

Still, a well built world and I liked the Teatime Anarchist. He was worth reading this book for. Jan 01, Nina rated it it was ok.

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I had high hopes for this book. The premise of a young girl whose path takes a drastic detour right at a critical point in her life was something that I could identify with.

Having spent the first pages or so identifying strongly with the young protagonist, I was completely thrown when she and Atlas were suddenly engaged!

I followed their flirtation we I had high hopes for this book. I followed their flirtation well enough, but the trip to Colorado and the subsequent proposal seemed forced.

Still, I know that I grew up in a different environment where, unlike Astra, physical intimacy is more of a prerequisite for marriage than a reward for the patient.

On top of that, the adult playboy-wonder falling in love with his new sidekick and becoming celibate for her made me a bit queasy.

Her love alone is enough to change his behavior? This reads like a parade of stereotypes. I had heard some negative stuff about this book, but figured I should read for myself - especially since it was a book of the month in my book club.

So far, nearly all the supervillains seemed to be A gang members and B rappers. It took me a while to make that connection - is it because it was subtle?

But I kept reading, enjoying the story so far though there seemed to be little diversity. Overall, the writing was decent, and It was an interesting superhero story.

But the next supervillains we find out about are Mexican drug lords who live near the most dangerous border in the world.

All of the real bad supervillains seem to be people of color. And nearly all the POC are supervillains. Except for a couple. The patterns of his layered green and black spandex bodysuit echoed his tattoos, and he wore a hook-shaped bone carving at his throat under his open collar.

And then in the climax, we find out who the real bad guys are. Muslim, Chinese, and Mexican terrorists. At least the apparently white guy who wanted a fascist police state was the Big Bad.

And not a hero. Apparently in this special edition, the author changed some of the most racist language. For example, this phrase I found in multiple reviews no longer exists: And black is often used as just a color throughout the book.

Maybe this is all just coincidence, to give the benefit of the doubt. Here the author describes why he felt he had to add the epilogue.

Like a professor doing it with a freshman. She even realizes this: And in light of all the racism, it just felt like two Aryan lovebirds.

Atlas is 27 and her mentor. It was yuckier when we find out she was in love with Atlas ever since she was He would have been And then they go from liking each other to saying I love you to going away to a cabin together?

And suddenly agreeing to get married? Of course she has to run to Forever 21 and Victoria Secret first. A man definitely wrote this.

And when they get to the cabin, he dresses like a cowboy. The non-cowboy superhero actually dresses like a cowboy. Definitely a white dude fantasy.

Of course, he tries to get around the skeeviness by waiting until the wedding night to have sex. This is why I need to look for more diversity in my authors.

For the most part, the writing was pretty good. Seems like an archaic sexist kind of term. Anyway, as you can tell, this book was sort of a miss for me.

View all 3 comments. Fortunately for me I was in the mood for flying capes busting up baddies and chucking cars and saving the day so that scooted me into the target audience camp regardless of what demographic it was aimed at.

I liked the characters but while the main ones were well fleshed out the secondaries seemed almost too two dimensional sometimes. The story was well done and one of the commenters commented about the pacing of the book.

The last quarter of the book I read at work and I tore through it. It was excellently written. The pacing was good. The story was good. The edge of the seat feeling was good.

Dec 30, Paula rated it really liked it Shelves: I am pleasantly surprised at the depth to this series. I was expecting a light and fluffy story and got an excellent story with great world building.

Well worth the read. The newest in the series is out and I wanted to reread the rest of the series again. Ever since the Event, random people have had superhuman breakthroughs and have incredible powers.

Nine years after the Event, Hope, an eighteen year girl living in Chicago, is about to start he freshman year of college. Her life is pretty great, but then she has her breakthrough.

Her whole life is changed upside down. But after that, what will she do with her life? Will she take on the mask and cape and make a career as a superhero?

Or will she go back to her plan for her life? Another thing is that the Teatime Anarchist, a major supervillain, has an interest in her.

He thinks she is supposed to save the world, or, most of it. At other times, he seems to want to kill her as soon as he has an opportunity.

It was written very frankly. I really do think that this book was awesome. Superheroes in a modern world! What could go wrong?

It had that good versus evil style that is so classic. The violence felt bitter and rough and real. It was so real. But the romance between Hope and this guy got a bit, shall we say, out of control.

It never got drastically horrible, but it was a bit uncomfortable for me. It totally caught me off guard. I wanted to cry.

How could you do that to her? That was so terrible. Needless to say, I want the next book now! You can check out this review on my blog too, at: The evil Teatime Anarchist has just brought destruction to the city again.

Hope Corrigan is a normal eighteen year old girl. She was driving along when she was struck by hundred of pounds of concrete.

Hope was lucky to survive. Before she can really comprehend what is happening, she is flown away…literally from the accident.

Atlas is a superhero and part of a network of other superheroes. Hope is recruited and becomes the newest superhero. Just call her The evil Teatime Anarchist has just brought destruction to the city again.

Just call her Astra, which means star. This book is like a combination of the younger version of the X-Men and the Incredibles. This book started off with a big bang…literally.

While, I liked that the superheroes were made up of all different ages and genders. At times, it felt like there was too much detail.

A chapter would have been fine with me and even two chapters would have been alright if it was to explain about the other characters powers, which was done but at a later point in the book.

I liked Astra as a main character. She is a relatable character and a superhero that readers can get behind and cheer for. Despite some of the little things, this book is a fun read.

Wearing the Cape will have you wishing you were a superhero! There is a fine line that writers of Superhero stories must walk, between having characters and plot elements which are real enough to relate to and be interesting and having ones that are too jaded, powerful or bizarre to be worth following.

Fantastic enough without giving us so many details of the whys that one loses interest. She, like all of the characters, comes across as a fairly well-rounded person that you come to care about over the course of the book.

Nov 10, Daniel rated it really liked it Shelves: This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. But does she really want to be a superhero, with all the danger This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book.

But does she really want to be a superhero, with all the dangers inherent in such a life, and living in the fear of having her real identity revealed?

She agrees to being a side-kick for a little while, to try to understand what the life will be like, but the villain from her first superhero encounter is seeking her out.

This book is part of my "super-hero" fiction collection that I seemed to collect all at once a little while back. It seems fairly clear to me that this book is targeted at the YA market.

The protagonist, Astra, is a teenager. She is filled with questions, longing, and the requisite pathos. These are traits common in YA books as they speak to the mood and angst so many young adults are feeling.

But what I appreciate so much about this book is the positive turn s Astra takes and the goals that are heroes aspire to. These are heroes, after all.

There is a story about people, who happen to have powers, and people stories tend to be more interesting, in my book. Looking for a good book?

Harmon, using super heroes and super powers as a backdrop to tell a story about human desire. Nov 20, Robert rated it it was amazing Shelves: I was able to borrow this book on Lendle, and was very happy that I did.

Phenomenally interesting storyline, and characters that one can really care about. The author does a great job of showing the trials and fr I was able to borrow this book on Lendle, and was very happy that I did.

The author does a great job of showing the trials and frustrations of trying to cope with sudden superpowers, sudden fame, and sudden enemies.

I especially enjoyed the complete lack of swearing and explicit sexuality. Major kudos to Hope for her moral code.

Es ist einfach eine tolle Welt, die er da geschaffen hat Ja, Marion G. That gives it a big plus in my book. It seems like the majority of people who write this kind of fiction want to write horror stories and not superhero-horror stories, just horror.

This book has some down-to-earth bad stuff in it, but it actually means something, rather than just being there to have horrible things happen to the protagonists.

Despite this being an updated and re-edited version, it could use a good proofreader. Really must flick through it on a PC and see the colours. It feels kind of superfluous which is possibly because it is important and therefore has to happen.

May 10, Annn rated it really liked it Shelves: Otro gran "pero" para mi ha sido la pesadilla del catolicismo. Mi personaje favorito es Atlas. May 10, Eitan rated it liked it Shelves: I have mixed feelings about this book now that I am finished it.

On one hand, there were so many things that were done right. And then there were so many things that were just done badly.

Hence the three star rating. Harmon does a wonderful job explaining superheroes in this book. The concept of breakthroughs was wonderfully thought out and did a good job explaining how and why people got superpowers.

It was fresh, new, and unique as far as I know. And the fact that it expl I have mixed feelings about this book now that I am finished it.

And the fact that it explained why some powers were more common than others was a treat. All in all, everything involving breakthroughs and their powers was handled excellently and was a joy to discover and read about.

The fact that he managed to put a vampire into the story and have it work amazed me. Another thing that Harmon does well is his description of superhuman fights.

The analogy of it being like a car crash is easily the best description I have heard from anyone on the topic. However, one problem I have with the fighting is the later fight scenes.

For one, I understand why someone would mirror September 11th in a book aimed primarily at Americans. It creates shock, horror, and the like in the readers from that country.

Yes, there was the brief statement of Chinese and Mexican terrorists as well, but with the time Astra spends talking about the Islamic terrorists places them in a elevated position.

It actually broke me out of the story rather than bringing me further into it. Again, though easily recognizable for people of the United States, it alienates people of other countries who read it.

She brings a wonderful view to the events in the book, and it really helps to move the action along. She does seem to handle her breakthrough extremely well, despite her best friend having committed suicide in an attempt to get what Astra now has.

Doing this novel in first person was a good idea all in all and made it significantly more intense. As with other reviews, I have a huge problem with the romance between Astra and Atlas.

Astra and Atlas have spent time together training and such, but none getting to really know each other, and then suddenly out of nowhere they are going to get married?

That caught me off guard, though I admit she could really be 18 and is just generalizing. Es ist nicht nur ein Weg, um Ihr Casino.

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It actually broke me out of the story rather than bringing me further into it. Again, though easily recognizable for people of the United States, it alienates people of other countries who read it.

She brings a wonderful view to the events in the book, and it really helps to move the action along. She does seem to handle her breakthrough extremely well, despite her best friend having committed suicide in an attempt to get what Astra now has.

Doing this novel in first person was a good idea all in all and made it significantly more intense. As with other reviews, I have a huge problem with the romance between Astra and Atlas.

Astra and Atlas have spent time together training and such, but none getting to really know each other, and then suddenly out of nowhere they are going to get married?

That caught me off guard, though I admit she could really be 18 and is just generalizing. It feels far too planned, almost as if it was thrown in there to up the emotion factor of his death.

And with what is discovered later on, that Atlas knew he was going to die, why would he put Astra through that? Overall, it all lends to a highly unrealistic situation that feels as fake as it comes across and really wrecks the last part of the novel.

All in all, this was not a bad read. As stated far above, the good parts were amazing and I really enjoyed them. Still, if you enjoy superhero fiction, and really want an interesting take on the genre alongside a fairly interesting plot, then by all means, pick this one up.

Apr 18, Matt rated it liked it Shelves: Not sure I read a complete version. Aug 07, Foggygirl rated it liked it Shelves: Imagine an America where anyone can develop superpowers during any stressful or traumatic event.

Our young heroine, Hope Corrigan, begins as a high school graduate about to enter college. Taking the name Astra, she becomes the sidekick of the very first superhero to appear, Atlas himself the man the power set is named after.

Property insurance policies also have superhero damage riders available. The Sentinels have their own TV show, line of action figures, and so on. Rather than face the Sentinels and other super-teams around the country directly, he uses proxies in some very interesting ways, including one capable of mass mind-control.

The book is not perfect. There are, as stated above, many references to tantric magic, as one of the Sentinels uses it as her superpower.

There are also a few large superpowered fights, and some people do end up getting killed, both good and bad guys.

The author tries to flesh it out in later books but to me, it still feels like it has holes. There are, as of this writing, seven books in the series, and there are plans for a tabletop RPG set in this world, which sounds like a very fun way to spend an evening!

Originally reviewed at GeeksUnderGrace. However, if one considers Jinx an analogue for Seven, the win goes to Harmon for the explanation of that particular power.

I like the newbie learning to use her powers angle. Wearing the Cape is a solid and entertaining story. The chapters are episodes, some longer than others, with cliff-style endings.

But the rise and fall rhythm is harder to take for a single volume read. The episodic nature also left me confused in a couple of chapters, having lost the thread of the overall story.

It makes me wish I were an experienced book editor so I had a better grasp of where the good bones are and what specifically needs work.

The age differential is just too much for my comfort. I might have been okay with it if it unfolded over the series, but in the course of one book, not so much.

After two pages, I have a few corrections. It lasts the full seven days. In the 90s, they experimented with an O-Week-And-A-Half, but I think that lasted all of two years before they decided seven days was enough.

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Dec 24, Bruce Baugh rated it really liked it. This turned out to be a fine introduction. This story follows a girl from her development of powers in the middle of a terrorist incident through her first year as a sidekick and then as a superhero in her own right.

I found it thoroughly satisfying. The heroes, villains, and others felt engaging, interesting, and very distinct as individuals.

One of the classic problems of a single-creator setting like this is a too-limite spread of powers, motives, etc,, but Harmon avoids it beautifully.

It bears noting that this book goes through a major emotional evolution. Now off to read the next volume.

This one really, really left me wanting to know what happens next, while being a nicely self-contained story in its own right.

May 19, C. Phipps rated it it was amazing Shelves: Wearing the Cape is one of the rare examples of superhero prose and one I really-really like.

It manages to do something which very few novelists and writers are willing to do today: The majority of superhero novels out there are either adaptations or deconstructions.

The character of Hope, soon to be the hero Astra, is part of a world which has had superheroes for over a decade.

Hope not only has to deal with being suddenly the strongest woman in the world but also the newfound fame that comes with her position.

The two have a natural easy-going friendship which works despite how completely different they are. The other supporting cast members are equally enjoyable with the characters of Seven and Atlas surpassing their archetypes to become fully-realized individuals.

Even the villain, the deliberately oddball named Teatime Anarchist, has many a surprise inside him. Is Wearing the Cape perfect?

Hope seems a bit naive and we never quite get into her psyche as deeply as I want. Likewise, the team of supervillains we meet later in the novel goes beyond stereotypical.

Despite this, I absolutely adore the novel and am actively looking forward to sequels from the writer. I heartily recommend this novel to anyone with even the slightest interest in the superhero genre.

Feb 16, K. Wearing the Cape is set in a world like ours, except that about a decade ago there was a mysterious incident called the "Event" that caused some people to become superhuman.

People continue to have "breakthroughs" develop super powers , often during incidents when their lives are threatened. This is exactly what happens to Hope Corrigan at the beginning of the story.

She goes from being a regular girl planning for her first year of college to training as a "Cape", a publicly known superhero, wi Wearing the Cape is set in a world like ours, except that about a decade ago there was a mysterious incident called the "Event" that caused some people to become superhuman.

She goes from being a regular girl planning for her first year of college to training as a "Cape", a publicly known superhero, with the codename Astra.

The novel takes place in Chicago, which the author does a convincing job of portraying. Hope tells her own story pretty well and the other Capes fit the mold of easy-to-recognize archetypes from other comic book universes.

Even though I found Hope likeable, it was difficult to relate to her. She comes across as a sort of wish-fulfillment character for a young adult novel.

Related to that, I thought that the guy she ended up keeping secrets for was far too powerful, and too involved with every aspect of the plot, to be compelling.

All that being said, Wearing the Cape is a fun read, especially if it is approached as intended for a YA audience. The ending is definitely heavy and intended to set up sequels.

The political stance in this book is very pro-america and anti islam, mexico, china, palestine, middle east ect.

The author seems to support the occupation of Palestine and in this world the west bank has been cleared and the palestinians have all been "displaced"- he only mentions it but it add absolutely nothing to the story.

The author also throws in a brief condemnation of sex before marriage as well for fun. Sep 12, K. Unlike many other YA Superhero novels, the cast is surprisingly diverse meaning: The only thing that saves this fro a 5 star review is the fact that the character introductions and plot points are bit confusing and sloppy--I had to make judicious use of the X-ray function on the Kindle App.

Then again, I was skimming through the book rather quickly, but this is the type of book where skimming is sort of a by-product of the face-paced action.

Characters I definitely wished I saw more of: I only got it because it was on the Amazon top free , and the cover was cool and pointed to tons of super hero-y potential, but god this was pure luck.

The book is awesome. Harmon created a completely new ensemble of super heroes, that you absolutely love, and that exist in some sort of AU to our world.

Because they compare to comic books but mention them as comic books, and by that giving you the feeling that it actually happens in our world, kind of like what Harry Potter does in that sense.

I love how the beginning of every chapter quotes from something, many times, from books which were published in the world of "Wearing the Cape" kind of like what you get on Harry Potter with Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

It enriches the world of the story and make it seem even more established. You also fall in love with many of the supporting characters I love Artemis and Seven and really, he layers them with interesting history and character.

Jan 16, Mary Catelli rated it really liked it Shelves: Thus triggering her own "breakthrough. The oldest superhero team shows up -- superheroes, after all, started only ten years ago, during the Event.

Atlas, the first superhero, takes her off scene and to their Dome, so that her identity does not become public. They test her, finding her superstrong, capable of flight, tough, heals quickly, supersenses -- and recruit her as Astra.

At one point, Atlas explains why he adopted the get-up, mask, and codename, even though he, like most superheroes, broke through in public: More about the Teatime Anarchist.

A character Hope meets in a club and notices is room-temperature and breathes only when she needs to speak. Rescuing a cat from a tree.

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